Stay-wire-applying device.



' No. 633,894. Panama sept. 26, msm.

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.1 ser I 1x @STATES ,PATENT Ormea CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS OLSON," OnFouTs, OKLAHOMA TERRITORY.-

STAY-WlRE-APPLYING DEVlC E.

SPECIFICATION arming part of Letters P y Application nea .my 1o, 1899.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHRlsTORHER Comin-` BUS OLSON, a citizen of the United States, re1- v f siding at Fonts, irl-the county of Lincoln and Territory ofA Oklahoma, have invented a new and usefulv Fence-Machine, of which the following is a specification.

. This invention relates to fence-machines or implements of that character employed to apply stay-wires or what are` sometimes termed mesh wires to runners 'or stringere after the latter have been arranged in parallel relation or iixedly held by suitable supports.

The object in view is to provide means for effectively securing stay-wires or the like in a fixed position on the stringere or runners, andto utilize for such purpose a device that is particularly intended to -be readily transported from one place to another and comsupport having a series of twisting-headsthereon arranged for simultaneous rotation and adapted vto act directly on the stringersv or runners intermediate upper and lower similar border devices, lthe said upper and lower 'border stringers or runners being" threaded through tubular twisters connected to the operating devices and having diagonally cut-olf ends with openin gs through the `longer portions thereof to receive the vupper -and lower ends of the stay-'wires and operable to twist the ends of the stay-wires around the upper and'lower border stringers or runners.

The invention further consists in the details of construction'and arrangement ofthev lseveral parts, which will be more fully hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawi'ngsylgigure 1 is Vafront'elevation of a machine o'r implement .embodying the invention and shown applied atene-No. 633,894, dated 'september 26, ieee.

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ing in a position just previous to the iiual securement of a stay-Wire, shown in position in relation thereto. Fig. 2 is a frontelevation of one of the twisting-heads and a part of the support and operating-bar, showing the first position,or as the said twisting-heads appear when applied to the runners. Fig. 3 is a View similar to Fig. 2, showing the second position of the parts and the stringeror runner as partially twisted. Fig. 4c is an elevation embodying the features shown by Figs. 2 and 3 and illustrating the twisting-head as j ust comdrawal from the 'Stringer or runner and the Fig. 5 isa transverse vertical section showing parts in elevation of one of .the twistingheads and the support-operating bar and connection between the latter and the shank of lview of one of the twisting devices for fastening the upper or lower end ofthe stay-wire with the upper or lower border runner or Stringer. I Fig. 7 is a detail Viewl showing the runner or Stringer connected to the stay-wire. Fig. 8 is a detail perspective view of one of the twisting-heads.

Similarnumerals of reference are employed to indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

which is portable and preferablyin the form ot' an elongated bar having an upper angularlydisposed grip or handle 2.' The support l can be readily moved from one position to another, and has rotatably secured thereto a series of twisting-heads 3,; having hubs 4, mounted in openings in the saidsupport and provided with rearwardly-projecting angular or polygonal Shanks 5. Each shank 5 is firmly fixed to one end'of a link 6, the opposite ends of said links being pivotally attached to an operating-bar?, the said links 6 having movement in parallel relation, and secured to the upper end of said bar 7 is avgrip or handle y8, by which said bar is actuated. When the bar 7 is moved, the links 6 are uniformly and simultaneously shifted and the ktwisting*-heads -3 are accordingly rotated equally.

Each twisting-head has opposite pairs of diverging arms 9 and 10 secured thereto, and

to stringers or runners, the several parts be- The numeral l designates a main supportv pleting-its operation and previous to its withfastening of the latter over the stay-Wire. l

the said head. Fig. is a detail perspective IOO of said arms a seat-groove 11 is constructed in said head, and the opposite walls thereof in part are continuous with or merge into the adjacent inner edges of diagonally-opposite arms 9 and 10. The seat-groove 11 is deep enough to completely receive a staywire, andy the arrangement of the heads on the support is such that the said seat-grooves will be in vertical alinement at the time necessary to inserty the stay-wire andy after ra twist., hereinafter referred to, of suitable form has been made in the several runners or stringers intermediate ofthe upper and lower border runners or stringers.

The opposite pairs of arms S-l and 10 are divergeht and varied to some extent in featuresy of construction. One of each pair of arms 9 and 10 has an outer holding projection 12,

Athe said projections on the opposite arms being diagonally disposed relative to the outer or :face side of said arms. The inner edges of the remaining arms ofthe pairs 9 and 10 are formed with outt-urned lips 13, which provide guides to permit the runners or stringers to move under a part of the arms, in a manner which will be hereinafter specified.

On opposite sides ot' the seat-groove 11, in each head 8, twisting projections 14 are located and stand outward and are diagonally arranged relative to the line of the said seat-y groove. The projections 14 are nearer the arms carrying the projections l2 and both projections 12 and 14 have such an angle afforded them by definite prearrangement and calculation as to keep and hold the wire runners or stringers during the operation of forming the twists.

On one edge of the support l, at the upper and lower portions thereof,sprocket-wheels l5 are rotatably mounted in suitable hangers or bearings and have tubular twisting-hubs 16. The inner ends of the said hubs 16 are cut off in a plane oblique to the axial line of the said hubs, as at 17, and 'where the longer or projected portion of the hub is formed by this means an opening or eye 18 is bored or otherwise constructed. The said upper and lower tubular twisting-hubs 1b' are primarily arranged so that the inner beveled ends of the same will stand in reverse position or so that the longest portions containing the openings or eyes 18 will be respectively above and below the upper and lower border stringers or runners. The sprocketwheels 15 are intended to be operated by suitable means, and preferably through the engagement therewith of a chain belt, as shown by dotted lines7 and which will be actuated by an intermediate driving device, also illustrated by similar lines. The said sprockets will be rotated in a direction to cause the hubs thereof to perform their requisite function in an effective manner or so that the ends of the stay-wires may be wound on the upper and lower border-wires in neat and durable condition.

In 'operation the improved device or implement is brought up into engaging relation with aplurality of runners or stringers, which are indicated by 19 in the drawings. The heads 3 are positioned, as shown by Fig. 2, and when so arranged the operating-bar 7 will be at its highest point of movement. The runners or stringers 19 are interlaced through or between the projections12 and 14 throughout the whole series of heads, and the upper and lower border runners or stringere will be threaded through the tubular twisting-hubs of the sprocket-wheels 15.

By reference to Fig. 2 it will be observed that the deflections of the projections 12 and 14 are such that they will practically extend over the runners or stringers, and all of the twisting-heads after this arrangement has been attained will be simultaneously rotated in the direction of the arrow by pressing downwardly on the grip or handle 8 and Which causes the operating-bar 7 to be shifted outwardly from the support 1, as shown by Fig. 3. The runners or stringers will now be held in bent condition by the diagonally opposite projections 14 and the heads 3, which will turn or rotate about an eighth of a revolution. The downward pressure on the grip or hanf dle 8 is continued until the operating-bar 7 reaches the position shown by Figs. 1 and 4, and the heads will have then been rotated a quarter of a revolution, and the twist or bend of each runner or Stringer will stand in a diagonal plane to the Vertical opposite that illustrated by Fig. 3. The lips 13 on the diagonally opposite arms 9 and 10of each pair of arms permit the arms carrying them to ride over the runners or stringers and guide the latter under a portion ot the said` arms or those carrying the said lips. This position of the runners or stringers clears the groove-seats 11 by forcing a part of the said runners or stringers back of the opposite terminations of said groove-seats and forming the diagonal bends of the runners or stringers which lie across about the central portion of the said seats, and thus provide receptive loops. The stay or mesh wires 2O now are inserted through the loops formed in the runners or stringers and rest in the seats 11, the upper and lower ends ofthe said stay or mesh wires being threaded through the openings 18 in the tubular twisting-hubs of the sprocket wheels 15. These sprocketwheels up to this time have been inoperative, but are now rotated to fasten or wind the ends ot' the stay or mesh wires around the upper and lower border runners or stringers. After the stay or mesh wires are thus secured at their opposite ends the twisting-heads 3 are slightly loosened by a reverse or upward movement of the operating-bar 7and through the medium of the links 6 will permit the projections 14 to be disconnected from the runners or stringers, and immediately after this dissem blage takes place the run ners or stringers will spring back and interlock with the stay-Wires in the manner shown by Fig. 7.

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.The return or back spring movement of the runners or stringers when released from the projections 14, as just explained, will be due to the tension on said runners or stringere, which may be exerted or applied by any suitable means.. In the application of the said wires it is necessary that they go behind the bottom runner and in front of the top runner, or vice versa, in order toI attain the desired result. It will also be observed that the projections on the twisting-heads are deiiected, so as to'receive a runner or stringer without bending the same. It will'also be understood that the present device or implement can beused in the field in setting up fences or its features of construction embodied in a fence-Weaving machine having suitable reels and a winding-drum. This'application will not affect thel operation of the parts as described, as they will remain the same and .without variation in the least particular.

When the4 device or implement is first brought up to thev runners or stringere, the operating-bar 7 must also be first arranged at its highest adj ustment and so that the links.

6 will extend at reverse angles to the position shown in dotted lines byFig. l. The grip or handle 2 is utilized to hold the support 1 in steady upright position and the projections 12 assist in sustaining the engagement of the twisting-heads with the said runners or stringere until a rotation of said heads ensues and the projections 14 exert a holdfast bite on the said runners or stringers. If there should be too much slack in the twist of the runners or stringere after the twisting-heads are disengaged therefrom', this defeet can be quickly regulated or cured by in.-

creasing the tension on the said runners or stringere. I

The beveled or oblique ends of the tubular twisting-hubs of the sprocket-wheels 15 permit a clearance of the stay-wires and also a feed of the terminals of'the said threaded wire through the openings 18 in regular order around the upper and lower border runners or stringere. The said twisting binding of the terminals of the stay-wires will continue until freedomorliberation of the terminals from the tubular hubs takes place and owing to the coils formed, which graduallydraw inward on such terminals.

The number of twisting-heads may be inv creased or decreased to compensate for the number of runners or stringere, and in some instances only a portion of the said twistingheads will be used, as will be obviously apparent in fences embodying acomparatively small number of runners or stringers or those having said latter devices spaced apart at greater intervals.

Changes in the proportions, size, and minor details of construction might be resorted to without vdeparting from the nature or spirit of the invention or sacrificing any ofthe advantages thereof.

Having' thus described the invention, what is claimed as new isv 1. A device for attaching stay-wires to wire fences,` comprising a supportha plurality of twisting-heads thereon having groove-seats therein andV projections for holding the runners or stringersof `the fence in position over and across opposite portions of the said groove-seats, and `means for operating said heads.

2. A device for attaching stay-wires to wire fences, comprising a support, a plurality of twisting-heads rotatably mounted therein and having groove-seatsA between opposite pairs 'of diverging arms and outstanding projections,-the said grooves being adapted to receive the stay-wires and the projections and arms serving to hold the runners or stringers of the fence in looped condition over and adjacent opposite portions of the groove-seats to receive the stay-wires, yand meansfor operating said twisting-heads.

3. A device for attaching staywires to fences, having twisting devices for securing the upper and lower terminals ofthe staywire, and consisting of sprocket-wheels having tubular hubs with the inner ends beveled and formed with eyes through the longer portions, the said inner beveled ends of thehubs being primarily arranged in reverse position, and means for operating the said sprocketwheels'. Y f

4. A twisting-head for implements for attaching stay-wires, comprising opposite pairs of dii-'erging arms having agroove-seat between them, and inner Vdiagonally-(ilisposed twisting projections adjacent opposite ends of said seats and in reverse position, the outer portions of one of each pair of armsin diagonal relation having holding projections thereon and the inner edges of the remaining arms formed with outstanding lips.A

5. A device for attaching stay-wires to wire fences, comprising a support, a plurality of twisting-heads mounted thereon for simultaneous rotation and having groove-seats, and

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the upper and lower'independently-movable In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afxed my signature in of two witnesses'. y GHRiSTOPHER CULUMBUS OLSON.

Witnesses:

HENRY WILSON, j j

M. E. Ruonns. Y

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